Has anyone used the item to chop pecans? If so, how did it work?
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Perfectly, we used it to prepare a pecan sauce which included sour cream and cheese spread (Philadelphia)
10966
I chop pecans, almonds, chocolate morsels. Try pushing several times, no too long, or you end up with nuts powder.
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It does normal food prep well. I have chopped garlic, onions, shallots, and lots of fruits . I have not tried nuts but I think it does as well as any other processor I have used. I think the key to chopping is timing.
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I do not think it will work....surely you can just use a knife. It works so well for harder fruit and veg....celeriac or beetroot are a dream once grated with this 'machine'
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It's flimsy and hard to use, to be honest. I've had some success with onions, and only if i cut up the onions in like 8 wedges, first. For carrots and harder vegetables the mechanism for the blades gets like stuck. Here's what was irritating to me.....It's not stable. It doesn't have any stability as you're trying to turn the handle to chop the vegetables. It's clumsy, and awkward, and to me it's not worth the aggravation.
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You can pulse the unit which gives a chopped feel. If you are looking for something that evenlys chops items you might buy a chopper. I use this to make pico de gallo and it comes out great.
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I have not tried chopping nuts, but I imagine there would be no problem if the nuts were coarsely chopped before putting them in the chopper. I make awesome pico or salsa, but i always start with the onions, tomatoes, and peppers cut into pieces. If i cannot easily pull the cable, I reduce the size of whatever is being chopped. As for pesto, i would use nuts like walnuts because they can easily be chopped. The chopper is so much easier to use than the food processor or the blender.
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I have used it on pecans and hickory nuts. It works very well on them. We have used it on small and large as well as thick and thin shelled.love it..hasn't failed us yet
1558533
i am using it to chop veggies for adults as well now. I see many years of use from it ( presumably that it would work)
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I've use it to chop nuts and veggies. I love the way it chops my cabbage and carrots. I also use it to make my pie dough...hope this helps.
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I've used mine primarily for hot soups and sauces as well, but have also used this for chopping, grinding hard foods such as nuts and that has worked beautifully. I've also used the whisk to blend liquids that I don't need my large blender for. I love this tool, it's worth every penny.
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I have not used it yet, but looking at the manual, it is for putting the blade in when you want a small amount of stuff and then you can put a lid on it and keep it in a measured container. I think you could use it for chopping a small amount of nuts or making salad dressing. I will comment back when I use it.
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I haven't tried acorns; but, it is amazing for picking up pecans. It picks up very few sticks, leaves and hulls. I bet the small one would work just as well with the acorns.
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Absolutely. I chopped a few cups of pecans in it for my cooking class. It is very powerful. I wish I had bought this one for myself instead of the cuisinart.
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I've used it to grind nutmeg, and it works pretty well. You need to put more than one nut into the chamber for it to work well (and it gets pretty noisy), but it will grind it up.
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Yes Irene, I have and the double bladed chopper cuts through it like butter. It chops veggies effortlessly!
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I have chopped pecans in it before but I was not able to get the nuts to a super fine consistency you would need for pesto. The nuts clumped towards the bottom and I was having to scoop them out to further chop. A real food processor, even a small, compact one works better for this purpose.
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Yes this chopper works well on foods. The more fine you want it the more you chop...the blade changes direction with every chop so it rotates the food easily.